The Board has determined that the veteran's recurrent tinnitus is related to noise exposure during service and granted his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence, including lay statements from people who knew the veteran at the time of his return from service, supports the veteran's claim that he had ringing in his ears since service.
- Claimed conditions
- Recurrent Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2007
- Citation
- 0724477
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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